A specialist manufacturer of hot channel systems, Thermoplay, headquartered in Pont-Saint-Martin (Aosta, Italy) and member of the Barnes Group, incorporated HPE, its subsidiary also based in Pont-Saint-Martin, as well as Synventive Molding Solution, based in Milan, also belonging to the Barnes Group. As a result, following the reverse merger operation, both companies are now managed by Thermoplay as from December 1.

While Thermoplay and HPE were taken over by the Barnes Group in 2015, while Synventive Molding Solution joined the group in 2012.